bile salt
bile salt · bile salts
The sodium salt of a bile acidThe sodium salt of a bile acid; produced by the bile to neutralize the products leaving the stomach and to emulsify fatty material in it.
Meaning
1 sensesThe sodium salt of a bile acid; produced by the bile to neutralize the products leaving the stomach and to emulsify fatty material in it.
a salt of bile acid and a base; functions as an emulsifier of lipids and fatty acids
Forms
plural: bile salts| Singular | bile salt |
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